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Emma
- Aug 23
- 5 min
HiveTracks at 47th Apimondia Beekeeping Congress 2022
As you read this interview, Max is attending the world’s largest Beekeeper Convention: Apimondia. To get there, he traveled 8,727...
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James
- Jun 29
- 3 min
Pollinator Week at HiveTracks
National Pollinator Week is a celebration supporting pollinator health, raising awareness for pollinators, and taking steps to protect...
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Max
- May 19
- 2 min
World Bee Day – Hurray! 🎉
I love the World Something Days because they gently remind us, once a year, what matters. For beekeepers and environmentalists around the...
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James
- Mar 15
- 3 min
The Beekeeper’s Companion and Healthy Honey Bees
My first thoughts about HiveTracks in 2008 revolved around the key idea of giving beekeepers, myself included, assistance with their...
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James
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Weather’s Impact on Bees and Beekeeping
How does weather impact your beekeeping? We could back up a step and ask “How does weather impact your life?” to better understand the...
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Emma
- Feb 14
- 2 min
What's love got to do with it? | Valentine’s Day at HiveTracks
Hello, little Love-Bees, So, Valentine's Day, huh? A day introduced in 469 by Pope Gelasius as a memorial day for St. Valentine has been...
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Emma
- Jan 12
- 2 min
HiveTracks' Beekeeper's New Year's Resolutions 2022
It's that time again – the beginning of a new year, where resolutions abound: exercise more, eat healthier, and a relatively new one, to...
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Max
- Jan 5
- 3 min
2022 HiveTracks Outlook
After a nice break at HiveTracks, we are getting ready for one of the most exciting years we have ever had at the company. We have so...
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Emma
- Dec 23, 2021
- 3 min
How To: Make your own Beeswax Candles 🕯
During my research of beekeeping-related Christmas topics, I learned and found both funny and exciting things and came across many...
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HiveTracks
- Nov 29, 2021
- 2 min
We spent 7 days working with Beekeepers in Uzbekistan: Here's what we learned
Salom! (Or "Hello" in Uzbek). 🙂🇺🇿🐝 Last spring we had the chance to partner up with ICARDA to co-develop and test our new Beekeepers...
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Emma
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
Your new favorite Thanksgiving dessert: Honey Pecan Pie 🍯🥧🐝
As Thanksgiving is not celebrated that much in Germany, I felt the need to get myself into the HiveTracks team's spirit. Laura, our COO,...
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Emma
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
"What's all The Buzz about?" – Introducing: The Buzz
If you've followed HiveTracks email updates in October, you've received the first two editions of our brand new newsletter, The Buzz. But...
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Emma
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
What Does Blockchain Have to Do with Bee Data?
You've probably heard about the boom of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others that use blockchain technology. Familiar (or...
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ICARDA
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
New frontiers: Remote UX design for Beekeeping App
If you ever wondered what happens when 24 beekeepers, a translator, a cat, and a UX designer connect across 12 timezones for two days,...
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ICARDA
- May 20, 2021
- 1 min
AI-Driven Climate-Smart Beekeeping for Ethiopian and Uzbek Women
Beekeeping has long been a traditional pursuit in Uzbekistan and Ethiopia, where smallholders produce honey for sale and use in food and...
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Ethan
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
Celebrating the power of data-driven beekeeping on World Bee Day
Summary: Beekeeping is much more than just a means of producing the wide variety of honeys we love to eat. While recent research suggests...
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James
- Mar 25, 2021
- 4 min
All Beekeeping is Local: The Impact of Location
A common refrain among beekeepers is “all beekeeping is local” along with the notion that “ask ten beekeepers a question and you’ll get...
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James
- Jan 26, 2021
- 3 min
A Message from Our Founder
In the midst of global upheaval over the past year, I hope your honey bees, their native pollinator cousins, and the surrounding...
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